Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views Jun 12, 2024

If you shied away from “Cyrus” because you were worried that Reilly was stuck in a rut, especially since it was released a few years after “Step Brothers” (2008), don’t be. It is so much better, far more relatable, and realistic.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 18, 2023 3/4

Cyrus has an uncomfortable effect that ultimately peels back to reveal a sensitive and insightful film

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Oct 19, 2022

Cyrus is so spontaneous that it sometimes gives the uncomfortable feeling of digging through foreign lives with the cameras complicity. [Full review in Spanish]

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 29, 2020 6/10

The drama replaces the humor a little too often, creating a more serious, gloomily realistic atmosphere that goes against the initial comedic roots.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 5, 2020 3.5/4.0

Cyrus is a cinematic beast all its own.

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Felicia Feaster Charleston City Paper Jan 22, 2020

Cyrus is a funny and observant movie.

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A.S. Hamrah n+1 Apr 24, 2018

Wherever it goes, it is excessively drab for a movie set in LA-a peach nightgown Tomei wears is the same color as her skin and the walls at her place-but it lacks the mortifying intensity of an Elaine May movie, which it at times seems to be going for.

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Kevin Carr 7M Pictures Jan 5, 2014 3/5

It offers you a look at a totally dysfunctional relationship that allows you to look at the relationships in your own life and breathe a sigh of relief.

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David Zuckerman Film Comment Magazine Nov 13, 2013

a sweet, modest, unremarkable film, propped up by seasoned actors playing quirky and "real."

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Jason Bailey DVDTalk.com Feb 22, 2012

The potentially one-joke premise is given depth, complexity, darkness and pathos by the offbeat execution and the honest performances.

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Sarah Sluis Film Journal International Aug 15, 2011

A man battles with his girlfriend's son in this realistic, understated comedy filled with the awkwardness of real life.

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Ed Whitfield The Ooh Tray Jun 30, 2011

... A very fine comic-psychodrama that eschews prat falls and flippancy for a more intimately realist and considered rendering of manchild madness and its antecedents.

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Mike Edwards What Culture Feb 1, 2011 4/5

An amazing human drama played out by actors at the peak of their profession: and who could want more than that?

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Matt Kelemen Las Vegas CityLife Jan 28, 2011

The visual style transcends lyricism to achieve a kind of free-verse poetry, aided in large part by awe-inspiring mash-ups of montage and voice-overs

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jan 25, 2011 2/4

...a well-acted yet wholly uninvolving (and downright unconvincing) piece of work.

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James Plath Movie Metropolis Dec 27, 2010 7/10

Cyrus will appeal to the same audiences that have admired the Mumblecore directors and their work, even though it's more polished.

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Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm Dec 23, 2010 3.5/4

...this muted farce benefits from the pitch-perfect performances of its cast.

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Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Dec 21, 2010

... has the dubious distinction of being the first mumblecore comedy to come out of a major studio, complete with an A-list cast.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Dec 17, 2010 3/5

full review at Movies for the Masses

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Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews Dec 16, 2010

A totally cringe-inducing movie. Stay away from it unless you enjoy gawking at severely damaged personalities.

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